Brief counseling that works : a solution-focused therapy approach for school counselors and other mental health professionals / Gerald B. Sklare. [print]

Counseling in schools and other settings : problems and solutions -- Origins of solution-focused brief counseling -- Differences and similarities -- Effectiveness -- Core "rules" -- Solution-focused assumptions -- Additional guiding concepts -- Setting Goals -- Opening the first meeting: establishing rapport and explaining the process -- Developing a positive goal -- The miracle question -- "What else" questions -- Establishing well-developed goals: an overview -- Discovering and constructing solutions -- Discovering unrecognized solutions: instances of success -- Empowering clients through recognition of their resources -- Scaling a baseline and progress -- Flagging the minefield: identifying and overcoming obstacles -- Concluding the initial session with a message -- Connecting the pieces -- Components of the first session -- Case study from a mental health setting: session 1 -- Case study transcript from a school setting: session 1 with Pedro -- Abbreviated SFBC session -- Explaining the process -- Determining what the client wants to achieve -- Using scaling to determine clients' view of their present situation -- What's the highest number the client has ever been? -- Writing the message -- A case of an abbreviated SFBC session -- Conducting subsequent sessions -- Subsequent sessions: getting started -- Components of second and subsequent sessions -- Assessing whether further counseling is needed -- Writng the message -- Tools for second and subsequent sessions: flow chart and note sheet -- Subsequent session from a mental health setting -- Subsequent sessions with Pedro from a school setting -- Working with reluctant clients challenging situations -- Helping involuntary clients become customers for counseling -- SFBC with students mandated for counseling in Lieu of disciplinary action -- Turning difficult situations into workable goals -- Expanded applications of solution-focused concepts -- 10-second "counseling" -- Solution-focused counseling referral form -- Using puppets in SFBC -- Using sand trays in SFBC -- Solution-focused group counseling -- Classroom counseling using SFBC methods -- Solution-focused parent-teacher conferences -- Solution-focused guided imagery.

This book offers school counselors an effective and efficient approach to helping students through the use of Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC). The author presents a focused, step-by-step approach to counseling in schools that leads to rapid, observable change in students. The skills of conducting solution-talk discussions with students can help to reduce arguments, improve relationships, and teach young people to assume responsibility and make better decisions in a supportive environment. This new approach focuses on solutions rather than problems. Students learn how to set goals, rediscover their resources, and repeat past successes. ;

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